The Collected Tales - Harry Colfer QUEENSLAND AUTHOR

The Collected Tales - Harry Colfer QUEENSLAND AUTHORIt could only happen to a paramedic Written by an award winning writer and real life critical care paramedic, this book is a compilation of thirty two short stories, one for each of the codes used to categorise emergency calls worldwide. Although fictional, the tales are based on the experiences of the author, and feature Jonothan Byrne, a paramedic working in Brisbane, Australia. The stories are both humorous and confronting in equal measure and give

It could only happen to a paramedic…

Written by an award-winning writer and real-life critical care paramedic, this book is a compilation of thirty-two short stories, one for each of the codes used to categorise emergency calls worldwide. Although fictional, the tales are based on the experiences of the author, and feature Jonothan Byrne, a paramedic working in Brisbane, Australia.

The stories are both humorous and confronting in equal measure and give the reader a cab’s eye view of what it’s really like to be a paramedic.

PAGES 488
DEPTH (MM) 24
HEIGHT (MM) 230
WIDTH (MM) 153
WEIGHT (G) 730
PUBLISHED 14/12/2022

Harry Colfer is the pseudonym of an experienced critical care paramedic with twenty years of on-road experience gained in both England and Australia. With his role being one of the highest trained prehospital clinicians, he regularly attends cardiac arrests, multi-system trauma and major incidents. As a way of dealing with his inevitable demons, he embraced the cathartic paramedic custom of storytelling and began writing in his spare time. Using his knowledge of the subject area, he created a series of short stories, Ambo Tales from the Frontline, eventually publishing one for each of the thirty-two codes used to categorise emergency calls. Although his stories are fictional, the clinical details and interventions are all accurate, thereby giving the reader an entertaining education in the frontline emergency world. Beyond this, his main protagonist, Jono, often says and does the things Harry wishes he could get away with, and that’s perhaps why he goes by his pen name. In addition to winning awards for his short stories, Harry has published three full-length novels featuring the same characters: a murder-mystery, Dead Regular, and two action-adventure thrillers, Beneath Contempt and High Acuity. This year he hopes to publish the fourth and final instalment, Show Cause.